House Financial Services Committee's Subcommittee on Capital Markets

• Mortgage Bankers Express Doubt About QRM Regulations

  By David Morrison  |  April 20, 2011

  The Mortgage Bankers Association has significant doubts about the regulations meant to provide mortgage issuers rules for making safer loans.

• On-Site Coverage: CU Leaders Tell Lawmakers About Regulatory Burdens

  By Claude R. Marx  |  March 2, 2011

  WASHINGTON — Two credit union advocates told lawmakers today that the increased regulatory burden faced by the industry was hurting the ability of institutions to serve their members.

• Cheney and Buckley to Testify on Impact of Financial Overhaul Bill

  By Claude R. Marx  |  February 24, 2011

  CUNA President Bill Cheney and Gerber FCU President/CEO John Buckley are scheduled to discuss the impact of the financial overhaul bill on small financial institutions at a House Financial Services subcommittee hearing next Wednesday.

• Becker Knocks Debit Rule on Fraud

  By David Morrison  |  February 17, 2011

  NAFCU CEO Fred Becker has aggressively attacked the Federal Reserve's current rule implementing the Durbin debit cap amendment because of its lack of provisions to account for fraud damages.

• Allied CU's Michael to Testify on Interchange Before House Panel

  By Claude R. Marx  |  February 11, 2011

  Allied Credit Union President/CEO Frank Michael will be one of seven people testifying at the Feb. 17 hearing on the Federal Reserve's proposed rule on interchange fees, the House Financial Services Committee announced today.

• House Panel to Hold Hearing On Interchange

  By Claude R. Marx  |  January 26, 2011

  The Federal Reserve's proposed rule regulating interchange will be the subject of a Feb. 17 hearing of the House Financial Services Committee's Subcommittee on Financial Institutions.

• Neugebauer Asks Warren Policy and Organizational Questions on Consumer Agency

  By Claude R. Marx  |  January 20, 2011

  Saying she is "executing a fatally flawed plan," the lawmaker in charge of overseeing the new consumer agency asked point person Elizabeth Warren four pages of organizational and policy questions on the new consumer bureau.